 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...oak : Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song...Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air will not... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...oak : Sweet bird, that sliunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantrcss, 'd Po B/+ wny ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing,...cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-oft" curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...melancholy! Thee, Chantress! oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing tine, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold...Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or, if the air will not... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - 400 pages
...circumstances in descriptive writing. Take, for instance, the following pas* sage from the Penseroso : —I walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green,...Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with solemn roar ; • Or, if the air will... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth^shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Biding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led...Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfen sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or if the air will not... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heavVs wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd,...of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfeu sound, 65 70 59. Add from Shakespeare, Mids. N. Dr. act iii. s. 9. For maii's swift dragons cut the clouds... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...Silence liist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing die rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon...rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, 18 19 Onr some widc-watcr'd shore, Swigging slow with sullen roar : Or, it' the air will not permit, Some... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...hear tliy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, VOL. in. 6* To behold the wandering Moon, Riding near her highest...Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or, if the air will not... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heav'n's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd,...of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the air will not permit, Some... | |
| |
Gently o'er the accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold... 
